 He regularly entertained Native Americans and fugitive slaves in his home (his home was reputed to be a stop on the "Underground Railroad" at Buck's Bridge, New York, where he lived on a farm).In 1844 he heard a Millerite sermon in Cleveland, Ohio, but was not overly impressed.In 1852, upon reading a copy of the "Review and Herald" (now the "Adventist Review") he began to keep the seventh-day Sabbath.